Peter Aaron
MODERATION
Not that I minded
the squirrels
climbing the bird feeder
to gorge on seeds
(the supply
after all is inexhaustible)
but when they started
gnawing wood
in their rapaciousness I
clipped a conical metal
collar around
the pole and now
they forage for spillage
appearing to
bear me no grudge.
Copyright 2000, Peter Aaron
Peter Aaron is a writer living in the Seattle area. He has studied
poetry writing at University of Washington Extension; and sells poetry
and other great books at Seattle's Elliott Bay Books.
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